The men’s all-around final of the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland has concluded, and Kohei Uchimura has been crowned 6-time World all-around champion. Uchimura posted a 92.332 score to secure the title and continues to prove himself as an unstoppable force in men’s artistic gymnastics. 19-year-old Manrique Larduet turned in a historic performance and earned Cuba’s first-ever Worlds all-around medal after scoring an impressive 90.698. The bronze medal went to China’s Deng Shudi who scored a 90.009. 

Uchimura began his legendary competition on floor and showed a solid set, opening with a three and a half twist to Rudi and showing a clean tuck double double which he fell on in qualifications. Uchimura started to build his momentum with a stuck rings dismount and high-flying Yurchenko half on front layout two and a half twist. A giant 15.833 on parallel bars had him in a great position to defend his title, and then he stuck his layout double double dismount after a great high bar set to seal the deal. 

Great Britain’s Max Whitlock started his night with a stunning 16.10 pommel horse routine to take the lead after the first rotation. He continued strong on rings, vault, and parallel bars, but an uncharacteristic fall on his Yamawaki release on high bar left him out of medal contention. Whitlock ended with a remarkable floor routine and was able to end up with a respectable sixth place finish.

Danell Leyva came out of qualifications in fourth place and was looking to be a strong podium contender, however a fall on his opening floor pass put a quick end to his hopes of medaling. Leyva came back with a 15.366 on the parallel bars, but took another fall on high bar and simply wasn’t able to put it together tonight. U.S. teammate Donnell Whittenburg—originally a reserve but put in last minute after others dropped out—started with a bang on pommel horse and rings, and managed to sit in second even after a fall on his Tsuk full in on vault. Unfortunately, a low score on high bar and a rejected inquiry plagued his overall score, and he ended in eighth.

Ukraine’s Oleg Verniaiev had a consistent performance, bolstered by his impressive 15.233 rings routine, but ended up a few tenths behind third-place Deng. Deng’s 15.933 on the parallel bars and 15.133 on floor helped him secure the bronze.

Larduet posted four strong 15s, including a 15.733 on parallel bars. His jam-packed high bar routine as well as his incredible height and floaty finesse on his tumbling locked in the silver. In the end, there was no match for Uchimura delivered brilliant routines on each event without fail, and has continued to break his own records time and time again. 

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Routine Of The Day

Manrique Larduet on floor:

Lineups and Predictions 

Tomorrow is the first day of apparatus finals and the women will compete on vault and bars, while the men will compete on floor, pommel horse and rings. Our predictions are as follows:

Vault:
1. Maria Paseka
2. Simone Biles
3. Hong Un Jong 

Bars:
1. Viktoria Komova
2. Madison Kocian
3. Fan Yilin

Floor:
1. Kenzo Shirai
2. Manrique Larduet
3. Max Whitlock

Pommel Horse:
1. Max Whitlock
2. Louis Smith
3. Alex Naddour

Rings:
1. You Hao
2. Lambertus Van Gelder
3. Brandon Wynn

They Said It

Even World Champion Simone Biles is impressed by the crazy difficulty of men's high bar:

watching one arm giants like ... my shoulder would say no in 5 different languages

— Simone Biles (@Simone_Biles) October 30, 2015

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